[Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George H. W. Bush (1992, Book I)]
[June 24, 1992]
[Page 1009]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]



Nomination of David Heywood Swartz To Be United States Ambassador to 
Byelarus

June 24, 1992
    The President today announced his intention to nominate David 
Heywood Swartz, of Virginia, to be Ambassador of the United States of 
America to the Republic of Byelarus. This is a new position.
    Currently Mr. Swartz serves as Charge d'Affaires in Minsk, Byelarus. 
Prior to this, he served at the Department of State as senior inspector 
in the Office of Inspector General, 1991-92; dean of the School of 
Language Studies at the Foreign Service Institute, 1989-91; and staff 
director at the Nuclear Risk Reduction Center, 1988-89. Mr. Swartz has 
also served as Deputy Chief of Mission at the American Embassy in 
Warsaw, Poland, 1984-88, and consul general at the U.S. consulate 
general in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, 1983-84. He attended the Canadian 
Defense College in Kingston, Ontario, Canada, 1982-83, and served as 
consul general at the U.S. consulate general in Zurich, Switzerland, 
1980-82.
    Mr. Swartz graduated from Southwestern College (B.A., 1964) and 
Florida State University (M.A., 1966). He was born March 3, 1942, in 
Chicago, IL. Mr. Swartz is married, has two children, and resides in 
Vienna, VA.